A stand-out feature of the interior is a newly available 10.3-inch display screen for the Lexus Navigation System, replacing the previous 7-inch screen.

All updated Lexus CT 200h variants will be equipped with the Lexus Safety System+ that offers enhanced safety with advanced technologies such as pre-collision system with autonomous braking, dynamic radar cruise control, lane departure warning with steering control and automatic high-beam headlights.

F SPORT

For the performance-minded F Sport, designers have also targeted younger customers with design changes that focus on black components to reinforce the model's sporty nature.

F Sport adopts black metallic paint for its exclusive mesh-pattern spindle grille, foglamp inserts and surrounds. Jet-black plating is used for the mouldings above and below the grille

The rear bezel has the same mesh design as the front grille while the lower garnish is also painted metallic black compared with silver for other variants.

Exclusive to F Sport are new 17-inch dark metallic alloys, new two-tone exterior paint schemes and distinctive new colours.

New interior combinations include two-tone leather accents, fabric and synthetic leather. An elegant Naguri ornamentation, which showcases high levels of Takumi craftsmanship, is also available in the F Sport.

Sales of the CT 200h have reached about 300,000 cars globally with the Australian total expected to pass 6,500 this month.